Hand nutcracker



R. E. VAUGHAN HAND NUTCRACKER Filed May 1924 5 INVENTOR Rctssell E.Vau;ghaum I ATTORNEY Patented July 6,; 1 926.

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I JEAN-D NUTCRACKER. 1i

Application filed May 7,

others who have occasion to: crack small quantities ofnutsatga time "The principal object of my invention is to ,provide adevice of this -'character so constructed that themuts' will be efiiciently cracked without the danger of any of-the kernels or,meatsbeingbruised, crushed or damaged in anyway. it

Another object ,is to construct the nut cracker in such" a way that in a machine of a singlesize' nutsof any size from apine nut'up to the largest walnuts or similar cien'cy. g I I 'A further object of the invention-is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly efi'ective for' ;di'sc -11-at, its-=lower end than, atathe top.

:The angle or slope ofzisettingaof the disc 14 is adjusted at will by means of set screws the purposes for which it is designed: a

, 'These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as willfully appear by a perusal of.

the following specification and claims,

In thedrawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views: I p

Fig. 1 1s a sectlonal elevation of my 1mproved nut cracker.

Fig.2 is a cross section on the line i V I tween, It will be noted-that by ad ust1ng- Q 'Referring now I more particularly to I: the

, ,charactersof reference on the drawings, the

numeral 1' denotes a cylindrical shell having I end plates 2and 3 respectively, thisstructure forming a complete enclosure except for' v arexspacedffar enough apart to freely accommodate the particularkind of nut to'be diametrally opposed and vertically located intake and discharge orifices 4.- ,and 5 respectively. i a I a The end plate 2, which may be considered as being at the front end of the machine, has,

attached thereto a clamping structu'reifi by] means of which the machine maybe removably attached to and suspended clear of a table 7 or the like. r

Turnably mounted inthe end plates is a shaft 8 on the outer end of which, beyond the plate 2, is adjustably' mounted a handle member 9. On the opposite outer end of the shaft is an adjustable collar 10; By adjust ing the positions of the handle and collar on the shaft the setting of the shaft relative Fixed on *the shaft-inside adjacent the platew2 is-a'disc 11,its inner face being provided with parallel ridges'12 throughout. :Pivotally mounted on lugs 13 sized nuts maybe cracked with' equal eHi-Q previously explained.

be altered, aswill be evident the shell: and

projecting'inwardly from the plate,v 3,;on oppositesides. of the -v-shaft 8r is another and what may be' termed stationary disc 14,

(through 'whichthe' shaft passes .with suffi- "ci'ent clearance to .:allow.;of'adjustment of a said disc relative to the shaft without'binding on the latter: The inner faceof this disc, which is thatlface whichjis-adjacent the ridged face oflthe discll, is provided with horizontal and transverse ridges 15 throughout these. ridges being similar insize and ,spacing to the ridges 12L.

The disc 14 issetin' a plane at'rightangles to the shaft transversely of the shell,

but is adapted to -have {a slope from top to bottom, so thatthe disc 514 is closer to the 16 mounted in the end plate- 3 above, and

below'theshaft and pivotal bearings of the said disc, so' that by advancing one'set screw and retracting the other the disc swings about its pivotal connections, thereby altering'its anglevrelative tothe disc 11; I

rtothe end plates the shell may of'gcourse The discs are set so" that the intake and discharge openings 4 and 5 are therebethe shaft 8 lengthwise the disc 11' may be 1 caused to be set. as close to or as far awaycracked; The nuts are then fed through from the disc 14 as; may be desired, dei the intake opening 4 and passed between 7 the two discs, the distance between which decreases from top "to bottom, as hasbeen,v

Upon rotating the: p v of the disc 11 constantly present a different a setting relative to the ridges 15 on the fixed disc H; As the nuts pass down between the discs the "shells will sooner or later be gripped by the roughened surfaces proreach the discharge opening 5 the shells will be cracked o'pen and separated from the kerhandle the ridges 12 .vided by these ridgesand before the nuts nov 1 nels. The shells ,and'kernels will then both drop out thnough the opening 5; when they may beef course easily segregated. It is oi COHI'SGGSSGDtlZtl for good results that the angle between thetwo. discs shall not be so great that the meats are apt to be crushed 7 between the discs at their lower ends. Thepropersetting, however, is something which the operator can accomplishwithz but very little experience.

To better enablea quantityof nuts to be fed into the lIlfliGlTlllG witlithe least: efl'ort' a hopper 17 of suitable size is: preferably mounted on the shell? 1 leading: to theintake opening 4*; r V 1 r V From. theforegoing description. it'zwilh be readily seenvt'hat' I have; 'pro'dueedsuclr a device substantially fiulfills the objects; of

v theinvention asset forth 'herein;

' While: this specification sets forth inde-v tail -the 'present and: preferred construction IHL.

and horizontal ridges-parallel toeach other,

a rotary plate provided with transverse ridges mounte'd iir opposed and' spaced relation to the first plate, the latterbeing normally disposedat an! angleto 'th'e; rotary Plate. i

' 2.' having. opposed end. plates, a rough faced rotary plate turnabl'e in the casing between plates and secured to the rotary plate, a relatively stationary rough-faced plate disposed in opposed and spaced relation to the rotary plate, and; horizontally, opposed -piV-. j

otal connection and suppfarting ineans hetween 'SZtlCli stationary plate and a-dgacent 1 end! plate 01% the easing whereby to permit the shaft passing: throught'hestationary a" p 50 plate to, the adjacent. end plate.- A nut cracker; comprising a1? casing having 3 opposed end! plates; a roughr faced rotary plateturna-ble in. the casingibetween A nut "cracker comprising a casing;

10 the'end; plates, a shaft'journaled in the. end

the end: plates;v shatt. jouiinaledi in: the end: I

plates and secured: tothe: rotary plate; .a

relatively stationaryrelight-facedplate-disposed in opposed and spaced; relation to the V rotary plate,. transversely opposed ears pro ject-ing. from the baek; ofgthe stationary plate; lugs: alined with said; ears) projecting theretow'ards fnornl theadjacer jb end plate of the casing;,, and hor-izontah and separate,- pijv ots through said earsand lugs, the shaft passing. through. the stationary rp-latefto the adjacenfiend plate and: pivots;

between the ears lugs In testimony. whereof; liia'ffiaz mysignature.

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